Numerical solution of hovering propeller performance at various blade pitch angles and revolutions with different turbulence models

Subject Areas : Journal of Simulation and Analysis of Novel Technologies in Mechanical Engineering

Behrooz Shahriari ¹ , Mohammad Reza Hashemi ²

1 - Faculty of Mechanics, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran
2 - Mechanical Engineering, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

Received: 2023-09-07 Accepted : 2023-10-25 Published : 2023-12-01

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